2011 Fratelli Brovia Dolcetto d'Alba Vignavillej

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(bottled four days before my visit; done entirely in stainless steel): Very ripe black fruits and violet on the nose. A big, smooth mouthful of dark fruit and floral flavors, with just enough soft acidity and light tannins to maintain its shape. Large-scaled for this bottling, as it includes the fruit that goes into the Solatio bottling in the best dolcetto vintages. This is 14.1% alcohol.

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